(b??-b34) Degenerated skeleton warriors

[Hedrachi]

I have no idea how long this bug has been in the game, but it's only been since b32 that I've been able to take screenies in fullscreen. Basically, I'll find the occasional level 1 degenerated skeleton warrior at 0 hp, despite it never being hit by any attacks or traps. Would only happen in the newbie zones like Trollmire and the Blighted Ruins. (They start at 0% hp and never heal as near as I can tell) Anybody else see this happen much? This screenie was from a "vault" in Trollmire 1 that solely consisted of Torso-Boy here, the nearly-dead-again degenerated skeleton warrior.

[tiger_eye]

Yeah, you're not the only one who has encountered this; it's actually relatively common. Items with egos that give negative HP regen is the likely culprit, as was discussed here:

http://forums.te4.org//viewtopic.php?f=42&t=28332

I really don't like egos that give negative hp regen anyway, because they are a constant annoyance to wear. Negative HP regen is easily (and overwhelmingly) overcome by nearly any life recovery effect (like regen or heal infusion), but it is tedious and, as I said, very annoying to do so.

So, I say scrap those egos altogether, so players won't be as annoyed and NPCs won't be drained to 0 HP before you even fight them.

[edge2054]

That said greater telepathy could stand to be an artifact helm rather then an ego. If an ego is so powerful it needs to be balanced with something like this well... the artifact list is still looking pretty skimpy